Your Short Pump Middle School PTA Board would like to wish you and your family a relaxing and fun summer time. Thank you to all the PTA members and volunteers for making this year a successful one for the students. A special thanks to all who have helped with:

Coordinating volunteers

Hosting student and staff hospitality events

Coordinating enrichment programs

Coordinating Reflections program

Managing the new SPMS Dr. Chamberlain Scholarship

Managing school spirit wear sales and bookstore

County Council of PTA Delegates

County Lay Advisory Delegates

Ensuring our continued support through membership and fund raising

County Council Delegate

We welcome Sarah Westmoreland as the incoming PTA President and wish her and the entire Board and Committees a successful year!

I have truly enjoyed serving as the SPMS PTA President these past 2 years. We as a community are very lucky to have such an outstanding middle school. Much of our school’s success can be attributed to our caring and involved parent volunteers that give of themselves regularly. Thank you to everyone that has given their time to make our children’s time at Short Pump Middle School so very special.

Thank you, I look forward to volunteering with you next year –

Steve Richter, Short Pump Middle School PTA President – 2013 – 2015

The SPMS PTA Establishes the Dr. Mark E. Chamberlain Scholarship

The PTA is proud to present the Dr. Mark E. Chamberlain Scholarship. The scholarship was established in 2014 to honor Dr. Chamberlain’s long term commitment to Short Pump Middle School. Each year, the PTA will award two scholarships to former Short Pump Middle Students in the amount of $500 each.

Please click on the tab above labeled the Dr. Mark E. Chamberlain Scholarship to get more details and the necessary information on how a student may apply.

Congratulations to all SPMS artists who submitted an entry to the 2014-2015 Reflections Program!

Thanks to all the students for their entries to The Reflections Program, and to the school administration for supporting and recognizing their efforts. Please look under the Reflections Tab at the top to see a list of winners as well as the theme for the 2015-2016 school year. It is always impressive to see what the students create in the various art forms included in this competition!

Update to PTA Membership Drive:

The PTA has completed its membership and direct donation drive. Membership cards are available in the main office if you have not already received one. We are pleased to announce that we have 595 members and have raised close to $15,000 through our direct donation campaign this year. Thank you to all of you for supporting SPMS! Your donations will be put to good use as the PTA has many special events planned for our students and staff throughout the year. The PTA hosts student events including the 8th Grade Dance, the 7th Grade Social, and 6th Grade Orientation. We also help keep our students organized by purchasing the Student Agendas which are provided to them each year. Also your generous donations, through the Direct Donation Campaign, help to make tangible improvements to the campus each year. In addition PTA funds will support the newly established Dr. Chamberlain scholarship which will be awarded to a former SPMS student each year.

A list of silver and gold level PTA donors can be found on the 2014-2015 Gold & Silver Level Donors Tab above.

Interested in joining the Short Pump Middle School PTA:

The membership fee is $6 per adult, however we ask you to also consider making a Direct Donation in the amount of $35 per student or $50 per family. Or consider becoming a Silver Puma ($75) or Golden Puma ($100) to receive a silver or gold window sticker and be recognized as a SPMS supporter on the PTA website. You can make this contribution all on one form.

The PTA has truly enjoyed working with Principal Thomas H. McAuley who joined us most recently from Holman Middle School. We have enjoyed hearing about and offering support for his new initiatives at SPMS and share his enthusiasm for making SPMS a great place for students to attend!